Issue - decisions
Poverty in Surrey Heath
27/10/2020 - Poverty in Surrey Heath
The Executive RESOLVED that
(i) a Poverty Working Group be established to oversee the revised plans and schedule for addressing poverty within the borough, as outlined in Annex B to the agenda report;
(ii) the Poverty Working Group initially be comprised of community representatives, voluntary sector, Surrey Heath CCG, and Councillors from Old Dean, St Michaels and Watchetts;
(iii) a ward councillor community fund grant be established, as set out at Annex D to the agenda report; and
(iv) any underspend from the Hardship Fund agreed on 24 March 2020 (minute 110/E refers) be repurposed for an individual hardship fund, to be administered by Citizens Advice Surrey Heath, and to fund the ward councillor community fund grant scheme for the remainder of 2020/21.